Social Costs of Electricity

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Date

May 1, 1992

Authors

Dallas Burtraw and Alan Krupnick

Publication

Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Authors

Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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